MAL-2026-13412 Malicious code in @apicity/meta (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13412 is a malicious package: @apicity/meta (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13412/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13412/index.md)
- Package
- @apicity/meta
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13412?
MAL-2026-13412 is a malicious package in @apicity/meta, published on 6 Aug 2026.
Official description
dist/src/example.js at line 12 contains a reference to litter.catbox.moe, an anonymous mutable file-hosting service used as a second-stage payload host in the TanStack/Shai-Hulud npm supply-chain compromise campaign. Anonymous ephemeral file hosts have no legitimate role in a published npm package's runtime code; their appearance matches the known-bad-infrastructure-dropper fingerprint where installer-side code fetches and executes attacker-controlled bytes from a host that cannot be pinned or verified. The package is scoped and shipped as a distributable, so consumers installing or loading @apicity/meta are exposed to whatever content is served from that host at the moment the reference is resolved.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13412?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.